Saturday, October 20, 2012

She said it was time for me to get an ultrasound as I haven't had one since I broke my spleen.

I waited very patiently, as you can see,

For my turn to be flipped belly up.......

Auntie Jen shaved my belly and my chest because I hadn't had my SuperHEART checked in a while. I don't really like being on the table....... but I put up with it.... I trust mum and my Aunties,

After I was shaved, I again waited patiently for Miss Janet to get her machine ready, (mum: Janet is our radiologist.)

Look, that's my SuperHEART!! Everything looked SuperGOOD!!!

(mum: When Sunshade had the splenic nodule, we were doing ultrasound every 3 months to monitor it.
Now that the spleen is no longer there, we weren't sure what we were looking
for! Just creating a new baseline I guess.

Sunshade's heart and everything else looked great. Her kidneys were stable like
all her previous scans. Her liver, which had previously been affected
by Cushings was now back to looking completely normal, and her adrenal
glands that were forever growing (for 2 yrs) due to Cushings were now
back to normal, which was weird! Her bloodwork also showed normal kidney
& liver enzymes with everything else normal as well. My SuperDALE ♥

Thank you all again for your prayers, support and donation over the last 6 months!)

After my ultrasound, I went to visit Cousin Shirley. I told her it was her turn next,

Cousin Shirley is Auntie Jen's doghter. Auntie Jen is my vet tech, and
she says me & Shirley are so much alike that she calls Shirley my long
lost sister (or cousin)!

Shirley was thrown
out of a moving truck when she was just 3 days old, on Christmas Eve to
boot. Luckily, she landed on Auntie Jen's front lawn. Auntie Jen took
her in, bottle fed her, and planned to find her a good home at 8 weeks
old. Well, the rest is SuperHISTORY!!

Shirley's full name is
Noel Shirley, signifying how she entered into Auntie Jen's life. She is
almost 11 now!! Auntie Jen had a DNA test done on Shirley hoping she
would be part Airedale.... but nope.... (she's Shepherd, Lab, Sheltie, etc) She's still so adorable though
don't you think? Mum goes gaga over her!

1 comment:

This is such great news, Sunshade! We are so very happy to hear it!We can't imagine how anyone could toss a 3 day old pup out of moving vehicle. Shame on them! But thank doG that Auntie Jen rescued Shirley. She is a beautiful girl!

About Me

Hi everybody, my name is Sunshade and I am a 13 year old SuperDALE. The reason I'm a SuperDALE is because I am extremely smart and am always there for my mum (ie, when she locked me and the car keys in the car, I unlocked the car door for her)!
Mum got me as her 16th B-Day present from grandpa and we've been inseparable ever since. I saw mum through high school graduation, moved from Victoria to the big city - Vancouver with mum, went to many of mum's lectures with her, and finally saw her through university graduation.
Words cannot describe the bond mum and I share. It is truly a once in a life time connection that we have with each other. Mum says I'm her "one in a million soulmate", I think so too!!!
Here are some basic information about ME:
***Breed: Airedale Terrier ***Registered name: Loc Aire's "Sunshade"
***Date of Birth: November 25th 1999 ***Birth place: Port Angeles, WA ***Current age: 10 years old ***Hometown: Victoria + Vancouver B.C. ***Weight: 63 lbs